The Virus Front Line

Lawmaking is once again paused at the state level, as Colorado’s General Assembly left the Capitol on Friday after convening for three days of the 2021 legislative session. They plan to return Feb. 16, by which point many who work at the Capitol expect to be vaccinated. They left open the possibility of returning sooner or later than that date. It was a quiet week at the legislature before the pause, as lawmakers passed just seven bills inside of a nearly empty building.

WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence has called his soon-to-be successor Kamala Harris to offer his congratulations, according to two people familiar with the conversation. It’s the first known contact between the elected members of the outgoing and incoming administrations. President Donald Trump has not reached out to President-elect Joe Biden and has repeatedly questioned the legitimacy of Biden’s win. But Pence has become an unexpected defender of Biden’s.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will leave Washington next Wednesday morning, just before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, to begin his post-presidential life in Florida. He will be sent off with a departure ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, according to a person familiar with the planning who spoke on condition of anonymity because Trump’s plans have not been formally announced.

The National Guard deployment is more than four times the number of American troops in Afganistan and Iraq combined.        

"And I'm not going to leave anything off the table, but I haven't made a commitment on what I'll be looking at at this time," Axne said.        

Jensen has been indicted on six charges related to the Jan. 6 insurrection.